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Hello My husband have hepatitis C, 7 years back. he got his interferon injections twice but it dint work...

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Hello My husband have hepatitis C, 7 years back. he got his interferon injections twice but it dint work after injections he got his abdomen fat. it means may be he is having liver cirrhosis. what treatment should i start and which medicine should i gave to him, i also start giving him milk thistle medicine after food what else should i do. plz helpView Thread

I am a mommy to be in New Jersey. And I just found out I have hepC. I cannot treat it until I have my little girl. Now, I was wondering, if you have the unfotunate disease, are we eligible for social security disability?View Thread

I have R.A was under treatment with my Dr. who sent me to a specialist, who discovered I have Chronic Hepatitis , Sjogren's syndrome, Polyarthropathy,& Degeneration of cervical interverabral disc, paper said to call office if I had questions I did but they are busy & I wished answers now. This is an amazing service win, win for all .View Thread

I have R.A was under treatment with my Dr. who sent me to a specialist, who discovered I have Chronic Hepatitis , Sjogren's syndrome, Polyarthropathy,& Degeneration of cervical interverabral disc, paper said to call office if I had questions I did but they are busy & I wished answers now. This is an amazing service win, win for all .View Thread

I've had hepC for 40years. I'm now 60 and it has either come out of remission or I have liver cancer.(because of my breast cancer). They won't know which one until I have a liver biopsy. I've been putting the biopsy off because there is no cure for either one, is there? I read on the internet that the odds for a cure is 20%.

Does anybody on here know about a cure, or has anybody had to face either of them or is anybody facing it right now? Thank you very much for any input.

Just found out today that I am 3 years SVR. Im so glad I decided on treatment even if it were the old school Pegintron & Ribavirin. Sure it was a bit uncomfortable to say the least, but I would do it again if I had too. I 100% recommend treatment to anyone who suffers from HepC.View Thread

Our Boss just told us he has Viral Liver Hepatitis .... is this contagious to the workers ? He says its not A, B ,C , D or E ... just viral what does that mean and is it a concern for the others he works with ?View Thread

I was washing feet off in my tub this morning and I put my hand on the wall and accidentally touched and cut my finger on a razor sitting on the wall. It was my sister and I don't know if she has hepatitis or not, but we don't talk at all so I'll never know. If she does carry the virus am I at risk? I'm having anxiety of this and fell hopeless.View Thread

In 1956 I was diagnosed with Infectious Hepatitis. About 12 years ago, a local doctor did a blood test and told me that I had Hepatitis B antibodies in my blood.

I am troubled. According to what I have read Hep B is transmitted sexually and/or from the use of contaminated syringes. At that time I was in the throes of my first sexual encounter and he was not infected. The only person I knew that had hepatitis was girl named Charlene and the only contact I had with her was to share the back seat of a car as four of us drove to the beach. Charlene later died of the disease. I can't for the life of me figure out how I contracted Hep B under these circumstances. Only thing I can think of is that I have been told I am missing a "factor" from my immune system, I believe they said B factor.

The reason I was researching this is that I have type 2 diabetes and am injecting insulin. I want to be sure to dispose of the syringes properly.View Thread

5 months ago, i have received an oral swx from a pregnent woman (i am male), the oral sex did last 20-30 seconds, and i finished in her mouth.
I tested 2 times for HIV, i was negative. My questions are:

1- can i contarct hbv from this incident ?
2- can i contract hcv from this incident ?
3- will an hiv/hbv or hiv/hcv coinfection cause delay of seroconversion of hiv ?

This is my story: June of 2005, I received a call from my doctor's nurse informing me that I had HEPATITIS...

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This is my story: June of 2005, I received a call from my doctor's nurse informing me that I had HEPATITIS C; aka HEP-C (see link below for more details) She informed me that it's been in my system about ten years. I asked her; what that was, and that I never heard of it before. I also asked where did it come from, she explained it to me and she asked me, if I had a blood transfusion or used an infected needle from shooting drugs or used someone's razor that had HEP-C; I said no to all her questions. Then I recalled--being in the hospital for ovarian cancer (1995) and the medication that was administered to me caused a serious reaction, and whatever it was that was injected in me, they had to remove it speedily; however, it was concluded that it may have seeped into my liver, which caused it to be infected. In 2006 my doctor ordered medication (Pegasus and Co-Pegasus) for me to take, however, my body rejects the treatments, I had gotten weak and very sick and lost too much weight (looked as if I was dying) the doctor said there's no cure for me. I was one in need of a cure from HEP-C. I refuse to go through what I went through before, therefore, I do not take any medication-- due to the fact of side effects, milk thistle, natural herbs, prayer and my faith in God --is what's keeping me, and at the end of my time living in this world, taught me that; I'm not of it, but in it for a while, to do the will of God. Life on this earth is not God's promise, however, there's a better promised life for us; and that will be in the New Earth or New Heaven with the Lord eternally in the Promised Land... Doctor said; my liver is back to normal, and next year it will be ten years, since my scare of death of this disease they said; has no cure. My faith in God helped make me feel whole again within. No matter what the outcome may be. I'm free and in peace...View Thread

I am staying in a hotel and decided to do a bed bug check. I pulled up the sheets and saw a blood stain on the mattress pad. It looked brown. Not so much red anymore. More of an old brownish color. I may have touched it while I was pulling the sheets back. I phones the front desk and the people who were in here last checked out 3 days before I would have touched this dried blood. I do not have any open sores or cuts but I have a couple tiny cuts that are scanned and I have a bit of heat rash. I understand the whole blood to blood but what does it mean "an open wound"? I'm worried avout me touching this blood. I moved my bags off immediatly after without washing my hands yet. I can't remember if I touched my eyes or mouth or not. So let's say worst case scenario I touched this blood. What are the chances of hep c transmission? I know hiv dies upon drying so im not worried about that. Phewf. Thanks again.View Thread

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